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The
American Film Institute in Los Angeles, California, in 2007 honored and updated its "definitive selection of the 100 greatest American movies
of all time" from 1996, as determined by more than 1,500 leaders from the American
film community. The 400 Nominated Films
were feature-length fictional movies produced between 1912 and 1996 with newly-eligible films from 1996 to 2006.
AFI asked jurors to consider the following criteria in their selection process:
- Feature-length: Narrative format typically over 60 minutes in length.
- American film: English language, with significant creative and/or financial production elements from the United States.
- Critical Recognition: Formal commendation in print, television, and digital media.
- Major Award Winner: Recognition from competitive events including awards from peer groups, critics, guilds and major film festivals.
- Popularity Over Time: This includes success at the box office, television and cable airings, and DVD/VHS sales and rentals.
- Historical Significance: A film's mark on the history of the moving image through visionary narrative devices, technical innovation or other groundbreaking achievements.
- Cultural Impact: A film's mark on American society in matters of style and substance.
In previous years, the AFI produced other
lists of the 50 Greatest American Screen
Legends, 100 Funniest Comedies,
100 Most Thrilling Films,
100 Greatest Love Stories, 100
Greatest Heroes & Villains, 100
Greatest Songs in American Movies, 100
Greatest Movie Quotes in American Movies, and 100
Most Inspiring American Movies.
Read this site's Commentary
on AFI's 100 Greatest American Movies (original)
America's 100 Greatest Movies
(by decade) (original)
The original 400 Greatest American Films
(nominees)
Note:
The films that are marked with a yellow star
are the films that "The Greatest Films" site has selected as the 100
Greatest Films.
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